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Australians don't want government to step in on super: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
It appears a widely held view by older Australians that federal government intervention with superannuation will damage their retirement savings. According to annual research released by REST Industry Super today, 86% of more than 1,000 respondents ...

Don't blame "churning" on advisers: Synchron

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... introducing longer responsibility periods. However, in Australia insurers have declined to act and are seeking Government intervention or regulation and blaming all issues on the advice channel, the company said. In light of the Australian Securities ...

Boost impact investing, says FSI

MARK SMITH  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... investors accessing wholesale offerings for social impact bonds. The Inquiry agreed with the premise that government intervention can play a catalytic role both in facilitating the functioning of the ecosystem and targeting actions to trigger its further ...

ISA proposes new restrictions on retail super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... failure' in our super system. Eight in ten workers do not choose their own fund. As with all market failure, government intervention is required (the market cannot fix its own failure). "The disengagement amongst the Australian workforce is in part the ...

Fund managers expect clients to turn aggressive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... survey also highlighted the most important issues investment managers expect to face in 2014, which are government intervention, inflation, global economic imbalances and financial instability, with government intervention being a very significant concern ...

Next government to reconsider super taxes: Grattan Inst

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... liabilities. If future Australian government budgets are going to be under more pressure, then more vigorous government intervention is likely."

More risk checks needed for super fund equities

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... illiquidity problems would be something so severe it was unlikely to happen, and would probably trigger government intervention. HOSTPLUS does perform liquidity analysis.

"If it becomes necessary" time?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... however, the prospect of a near-term market rebound still depends on some form of central bank and/or government intervention. It's sad, I admit, but that's just the way it is if you want to play a short-term game with the markets.

Fidelity: Government intervention cause for concern

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
Fear of government intervention has created a climate of corporate anxiety for Asian and European companies despite healthy balance sheets, according to new research. A Fidelity survey of more than 110 of its research analysts across the two continents ...

Laissez faire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... postulated that an economic system that allows individuals to pursue their own self-interest free from government intervention and under conditions of competition and common law, would be a self-regulating and highly prosperous economy. "It is not from ...